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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - April 19, 2013
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This week on Inside Boulder News: Council votes to take next steps to explore the creation of a Boulder electric utility; wildlife re-introduction efforts pay off with recent sighting of rare river otter; and beekeepers rally against increased use of pesticides.
A
Welcome
to
inside
Boulder
news,
I'm
Natalie
Wood,
nearly
two
months
after
a
city
analysis
showed
that
charter
metrics
could
be
met.
City
council
authorized
staff
on
Tuesday
to
continue
exploring
the
possible
creation
of
a
local
electric
utility.
The
821
vote
came
after
a
public
hearing
about
50
community
members
spoke
with
viewpoints
ranging
from
excitement
about
the
potential
opportunities
to
concerns
about
risk
and
governance.
I
spoke
with
regional
sustainability
coordinator
Jonathan
Cohen
about
what
comes
next
now.
B
We
want
to
look
at
what
we
continue
to
call
the
should
we
meet
a
supplies,
so
we
know
that
we
can,
but
a
council
in
the
community
need
to
understand
what
value
is
added
by
moving
forward.
Why
does
municipal
ization
provide
more
than
what
we
have
right
now
today?
There
are
a
lot
of
pieces
that
are
going
to
be
happening
over
the
next
couple
of
months.
I
think,
most,
notably,
is
to
continue
our
evaluation
or
analysis
of
the
technical,
the
financial
and
the
legal
feasibility
of
creating
the
utility.
B
So
what
folks
are
going
to
see
is
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
work
on
refining
and
continuing
to
sharpen
our
pencils
in
terms
of
the
modeling
that
was
done,
but
also
council
authorized
staff
to
move
forward
on
some
of
the
more
legal
aspects
of
the
project
also
be
focusing
on
the
governance
structure
of
a
utility.
So
looking
at
what
options
are
out
there,
how
different
utilities
function
in
terms
of
governing
boards
or
how
their
councils
essentially
provide
the
input
and
the
oversight
of
the
way
the
utility
is
run.
B
A
B
Community
emphasized
the
importance
of
demand
side
or
the
things
that
we
have
control
over
our
efforts
here
in
terms
of
efficiency
and
conservation.
With
the
renewal
of
the
climate
action
plan
tax
last
November
passed
with
an
eighty-two
percent,
I
think
that's
extraordinary,
and
so
we
can
10
you
to
be
very,
very
aggressive
on
our
demand
side
actions.
If
we
truly
want
to
reduce
the
emissions,
we
have
to
look
at
the
supply
side
and
there
are
multiple
ways
to
do
that.
B
We're
really
focused
on
the
goals
we're
focused
on
achieving
boulders
energy,
future
goals
that
are
looking
at
emissions.
Looking
at
renewables,
looking
at
how
we
protect
our
customers
and
have
the
ability
to
predict
our
rates
over
time
and
stabilize
our
rates
over
time
protect
different
populations
of
residents
and
businesses
here
in
Boulder.
So
we
have
been
focused
on
the
goals
to.
A
Assess
the
analysis
council
authorized
moving
forward
with
the
hiring
of
a
third-party
independent
evaluator
reports
from
that
effort,
as
well
as
other
phase
two
work
items
will
be
discussed
by
counsel
at
the
july.
Twenty
third
study
session
check
out
the
energy
future
website
for
up-to-date
information.
A
This
playful
creature
likes
to
slide
down
snow-covered
or
muddy
hills,
ending
with
a
splash
in
the
creek
boulder
makes
a
fitting
home
for
the
north
american
river
otter,
although
for
more
than
a
hundred
years,
it
seemed
like
the
species
had
reached
local
extinction,
but
a
wildlife
surveillance
camera
recently
captured
images
of
the
first
river
otter
in
the
area
in
a
generation.
To
cite
this
creature
in
Colorado
is
rare,
but
for
the
last
century,
decided
in
Boulder
was
unheard
of
the.
A
C
These
cameras
give
us
this
really
accurate,
look
of
what's
actually
out
there.
They
have
heat
and
motion
sensing
technology,
so
an
animal
will
walk
by
and
it
triggers
the
camera.
It
will
take
a
photo,
and
it's
really
a
way
for
us
to
get
some
behind-the-scenes
look
at
what's
actually
going
on,
we've
always
known
that
there's
a
chance
that
they
could
be
around
because
they're
somewhat
geographically
nearby,
so
we
were
just
really
excited
to
see
it.
Finally,
they
wandered
down
the.
A
D
Real
demonstration
of
a
success
of
the
state
having
management
authority
of
the
species
and
being
able
to
reintroduce
it
and
get
it
reestablished
and
you
know,
get
established
a
self-sustaining
population
of
river
otters
throughout
western
Colorado
and
some
of
some
of
those
populations
spill
over
into
the
eastern
slope
of
the
Front
Range
as
well.
Go.
A
To
wildlife,
state
co,
us
for
more
on
river
otters
and
to
report
sightings
from
a
habitat
made
for
river
otters
to
the
perfect
climate
for
many
trees.
Boulders
micro,
climate
and
soils
promotes
the
growth
of
a
wider
variety
of
trees
than
anywhere
else
along
the
Front
Range.
The
National
Arbor
Day
Foundation
has
named
Boulder
Tree
City
USA
for
the
29th
consecutive
year
to
recognize
the
city's
commitment
to
keeping
those
trees
healthy.
A
You
can
celebrate
the
Arbor
Day
season
in
boulder
with
a
children's
art
exhibit
and
tree
plantings,
planned
through
May
eighteenth
just
visit
Boulder
Colorado
gov
for
details.
Local
beekeepers
are
getting
ready
to
open
up
their
hives
for
the
season,
but
many
are
facing
a
buzzkill.
Lauren
peterson
explains
their
challenge.
This.
E
F
E
E
F
E
Point
being
with
the
lawsuit
against
the
EPA
is
we
feel
like
they
haven't,
performed
their
duties
to
regulate
the
pesticide
industry
there.
She
is,
thank
goodness,
beautiful
black
carnelian,
with
a
little
white
dot
on
her
back
there
she's
laying
did
you
see
her.
She
backed
into
that
hole
and
laid
an
egg
finding.